'Siwash potato' (umbellifer) 'wappatoi'

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Object Number 17-17-10/87084

Display Title 'Siwash potato' (umbellifer) 'wappatoi'

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Gwahwalawi

Object Description 'Siwash potato' (umbellifer) 'wappatoi'

Inventory Description Roots

Classification

Root

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Kwakwaka'wakw

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / British Columbia

Materials Root

Dimensions Overall: 14.7 x 5.9 x 5 cm (5 13/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Quantity 1 bundle

Label on object 17-17-10/87084

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
17-17-10/87084A	Plant of 'siwash potato' (umbellifer) 'wappatoi'	Floral	British Columbia
17-17-10/87085	'wild carrot' (umbellifer)	Root	British Columbia
17-17-10/87085A	Plant of 'wild carrot' (umbellifer)	Floral	British Columbia
92-1-10/47779	Wild potato	Root	Idaho
92-1-10/47786	Mashed potato cakes	Root	Idaho
17-17-10/87087A	"Siwash rice" Fritillariva camtschatcensis (huikum).	Floral	British Columbia
17-17-10/87087	Jar of siwash rice	Floral	British Columbia
2006.17.1.154.13	Same. Alugu breaks potato; Oak scrapes his potato.	Documentary	New Guinea
05-19-10/65036	Burdock roots	Root	Ontario
05-19-10/65034	Dandelion root	Root	Ontario
05-19-10/65039	Spigmet root (aralia racemosa)	Root	Ontario
05-19-10/65038	Sassaparilla root	Root	Ontario

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